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Subprime-Krise, strukturierte Finanzierung und die Förderung der Mikrokreditvergabe

Terberger, Eva - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 1, pp. 40-55

Garantien eine quasi unlimitierte Förderquelle, die zur Erhöhung systemischer Risiken beitrug. In der Mikrofinanzierung dagegen … Kapitalmarkt für die Mikrofinanzierung erschließen, ohne die Gefahr einer unkontrollierten Ausweitung von Risiken einzugehen. … and, thereby, deepen financial outreach to lower income customers. Not structured finance in itself, but the way it is …

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Corporate Debt Structure with Home and International Currency Bias

Maggiori, Matteo; Neiman, Brent; Schreger, Jesse - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We explore the consequences of global capital market segmentation by currency for the optimal currency composition of borrowing by firms. Global bond portfolios are driven by the currency of denomination of assets as investors prefer to lend in their home currency or the international currency,...

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Cash Flow and Investment : Evidence from Internal Capital Markets

Lamont, Owen - 1996

Using data from the 1986 oil price decrease, I examine the capital expenditures of non-oil subsidiaries of oil companies. I test the joint hypothesis that 1) a decrease in cash/collateral decreases investment, holding fixed the profitability of investment, and 2) the finance costs of different...

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Accounting Standards, Information Flow, and Firm Investment Behavior

Cummins, Jason G. - 1994

We present a description of two different accounting regimes that govern reporting practice in most developed countries. 'One-book' countries, e.g. Germany, use their tax books as the basis for financial reporting and 'two-book' countries, e.g. the United States, keep the books largely separate....

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Secular Patterns in Corporate Finance

Taggart, Robert A, Jr - 1981

Trends in the financing of the corporate sector have been widely discussed in both business and academic circles. It is frequently argued, for example, that corporations' use of debt financing has increased dramatically in recent years. These discussions have been hampered, however, by the lack...

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Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment

Desai, Mihir A. - 2006

American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other foreign affiliates of the same parent companies. American firms...

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Leverage Across Firms, Banks, and Countries

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - 2011

We present new stylized facts on bank and firm leverage for 2000-2009 using extensive internationally comparable micro level data from several countries. The main result is that there was very little buildup in leverage for the average non-financial firm and commercial bank before the crisis,...

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An International Comparison of Capital Structure and Debt Maturity Choices

Fan, Joseph P.H. - 2010

This study examines the influence of institutional environment on capital structure and debt maturity choices by examining a cross-section of firms in 39 developed and developing countries. We find that a country's legal and tax system, the level of corruption and the preferences of capital...

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Corporate Debt Structure and the Financial Crisis

De Fiore, Fiorella - 2014

We present a DSGE model where firms optimally choose among alternative instruments of external finance. The model is used to explain the evolving composition of corporate debt during the financial crisis of 2008-09, namely the observed shift from bank finance to bond finance, at a time when the...

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A Model of Secular Stagnation

Eggertsson, Gauti B. - 2014

We propose an overlapping generations New Keynesian model in which a permanent (or very persistent) slump is possible without any self-correcting force to full employment. The trigger for the slump is a deleveraging shock, which creates an oversupply of savings. Other forces that work in the...

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